> >OTOH what religion does dance in the streets when innocents > are killed? > > None. The only ones who were dancing belonged to the minority > of Muslem fundamentalists; the moderates are as disgusted as > you and I are when innocent people are killed.
This Islamic Moderate, Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny walk into a bar... This meme must die, the idea that UBL is as fringe in Islamic culture as Tim McVeigh is in Christian culture. UBL is revered in Islamic culture like George Washington is in America. There were a lot more than a few nuts dancing in the streets after 9-11. I remember reading an account from an American who happened to be in Egypt, watching the ensuing Mardi Gras from his hotel and staying out of sight for several days to avoid getting lynched. > >What religion has no moderate voices; or at least none that can be > >heard over the bloodthirsty masses? > > Can't think of any religion whose moderate voices can't be > heard. If you can't hear them, you're just not listening. If they speak up they put out a death warrant on them. If you leave the religion, chances are good they'll hunt you down and kill you for it. Why do the few "moderates" who publish on the Internet hide their identities? > None that I know of, although Christianity has quite a track > record when it comes to killing unbelievers. If you believe > that Islam is "based on killing unbelievers", then you really > ought to read the Koran and talk to moderate Muslems. The > "all unbelievers must be killed" etcetera is only the > interpretation of the fundamentalist minority. Right, the moderate mainstream believes in killing unbelievers only if they resist subjugation and/or conversion. And Christianity hasn't done jack in the killing unbelievers area in several centuries. The mainstream of Islam is fundamentalist. It's plain stupid to assert otherwise. Or dangerous. Go to a mosque and start arguing that the Koran shouldn't be taken literally, and that Mohammed was a nice guy, but not really in communication with God. Mike Lee Islamic Moderate _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
